Society of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman World (Volume: 28)

Year (Publication)

2009

Year (Original (1st Edition))

2009

Year (Copyright)

2009

Year (Reference)

2009

Library

BCU/Dorigny, Lausanne

Signature

SBA 84/28

Place

875HIEROCS1

Department

Grec

Publishing house

Society of Biblical Literature

Place

Atlanta

ISBN

978-1-58983-418-7

Edition number

1

Language

English

Pages

lxxxix Pages179 Pages

height in cm

23

Genre

Original

Notes

"The present work is a translation of Ilaria Ramelli's text, translation, introduction, and commentary ..." (Translator's Preface, p. vii).

Abstract

Hierocles, the Stoic philosopher of the early imperial age, is a crucial witness to Middle and Neo-Stoicism, especially with regard to their ethical philosophy.In this volume, all of Hierocles’ surviving works are translated into English for the first time, with the original Greek and a facing English translation: the Elements of Ethics, preserved on papyrus, along with all fragments and excerpts from the treatise On Duties, collected by Stobaeus in the fifth century C.E. and dealing mainly with social relationships, marriage, household, and family. In addition, Ramelli’s introductory essay demonstrates how Hierocles was indebted to the Old Stoa and how he modified its doctrines in accord with Middle Stoicism and further developments in philosophy as well as his personal views. Finally, Ramelli’s extensive commentary on Hierocles’ works clarifies philosophical questions raised by the text and provides rich and updated references to existing scholarship.

“Hierocles is an important but often neglected Stoic author, and it is a great service to bring together all his works in a fresh edition; the English translation is clear and reliable; the commentary and introduction provide a thorough and up-to-date synthesis of wide-ranging but often inaccessible scholarship on the history of Stoicism. Ramelli and Konstan—along with the SBL—deserve our hearty thanks. Hierocles can now take his place alongside Seneca, Epictetus, Musonius Rufus and Marcus Aurelius in our understanding of later Stoic philosophy.”— Brad Inwood, University Professor, Classics and Philosophy, University of Toronto (Présentation sur le site de l'éditeur)